Is the construction finished and is the kitchen store in Chapala open now?
I'm talking about the Kitchen Store on the main road on the south side between Lopez Cotilla and Degollado. I don't blame them for being closed during the sidewalk and road construction but I need to buy something in there and every time I've gone lately it's been shuttered down.
Thanks for any updated info.

Is the construction finished and is the kitchen store in Chapala open now?I'm talking about the Kitchen Store on the main road on the south side between Lopez Cotilla and Degollado. I don't blame them for being closed during the sidewalk and road construction but I need to buy something in there and every time I've gone lately it's been shuttered down.Thanks for any updated info.

Guess it would be the east side then...if one assumes that Hidalgo runs east/west. It's the same side as the covered municipal market
Anyhoo, it's the side of the road that they are now working on (because the other side has already been done).

The prices are reasonable and SOME of the product is good quality. Put it this way...yesterday I went to Guadalajara and shopped Costco, Sams, Walmart, Liverpool and Sears and the Home Store...I found what I wanted today in Chapala...a kettle (wasn't going to pay 895 pesos for a regular old whistle kettle at the Home Store), a Moulinex Heliora coffee maker in white, and some fill in pots and pans because I didn't want to pay 3000 pesos for a whole set that was crummy in any of the stores mentioned. We're not talking chef's culinary standard here and I'm frugal but it may be worth a visit.
Check it out.

After ordering a pizza cutter in from the U.S., naturally I discovered one at SuperLake and another at the five-and-dime in Chapala, 1/2 block up Madero after you pass the mercado going north. Not the best, but useable.

Ferret, WMF is one of the best German stainless steel cookware brands. They have 18/10 Cromargan which always looks good. I got some in Germany at the PX when I was there. WMF stands for Wuerttemburgische Metal Fabrik and is from Wuerttemburg in SW Germany (Stuttgart). My late husband was from that area and was very proud that the brand is from there.

LeCreuset is heavy, particularly those big stockpots. Palacio de Hierro has other brands too, but WMF and LeCreuset were the ones I was interested in. They did seem to have some open stock.

If you have a US address, you can order direct from WMF Americas. They do not ship to Mexico.

I rarely go to SuperLake and the day I did, they were apparently out. I thought I brought my big blade type with me you just rock across and it cuts. Now, this one has possibilities http://www.amazon.co...35448552&sr=1-3

America's Test Kitchen tested all kinds of brands of pizza cutters & the winner was Mario Batali's. Palacio de Hierro has a lot of Mario Batali cookware but I didn't notice if they had the pizza cutter but consider it if you're going to order one from NOB.

Then there are the minimalists like me, who just use my kitchen scissors and cut up the darn pizza! I don't get the concept of having a different tool for every little chore in the kitchen. But, as they say, "whatever floats your boat."